Harry Strauss

Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss (28 July 1909-12 June 1941) was a Jewish-American gangster and Murder, Inc. contract killer.

Biography
Harry Strauss was born in New York City, New York on 28 July 1909, and he was raised in Brooklyn. Strauss was a thief before becoming a Murder, Inc. hitman, and he was involved in anywhere between 100 and 500 murders. He was known to never carry weapons, instead scouting the area near his targets for possible weapons; this way, he could avoid being arrested by the NYPD. Strauss used guns, ice picks, drowning, live burial, and strangulation as methods of disposing of targets, and he was feared for his skills as a killer. In 1940, Strauss and Martin Goldstein were arrested for murder, and they were sentenced to death as a result of Abe Reles' testimony. On 12 June 1941, he was executed by electric chair.